Day in Pictures

Hanukkah Begins

Rabbis install a giant Hanukkah Menorah at the launch of the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, named Hanukkah, in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009.

Credit: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

Sad Goodbye

Sgt. 1st Class Terry Austin of Swanton, Vt., shares a quiet moment with his wife, Diane, before a deployment ceremony in Burlington, Vt., Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Members of the 1st of the 172nd cavalry squadron are headed to Camp Atterbury, Ind., part of a 1,500-strong contingent of Vermont National Guard members headed to Afghanistan.

High Dive

Chilly Weather

A woman walking along Kennebunk Beach at dawn braves the biting cold Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, in Kennebunk, Maine. An arctic air mass has arrived, bringing cold and windy weather to northern New England.